I am wondering if i can reasonably use the cryptography skill in GURPS to attempt to learn a foreign language?
An example would be my character only speaks english but discovers a book in french.
It ...

I have looked at the Lost Mine of Phandelver and see many times where a skill check for wisdom is vital, I want to get my group to work together, like everyone contributing and cooperating, instead of ...

Knowledge skills are the cinderella of the skill set. Nobody really puts grades in Knowledge (local), Knowledge (Nature) or Knowledge (Royalty). If you have a bard in the group, all these knowledge ...

I was thinking the other day about skill atrophy - the opposite of advancement. What I mean precisely is a system that takes a use-it-or-lose-it approach to even maintaining skill proficiency.
I was ...

I'm making a monk in 5e. I didn't see any skills like spot or move silently that are found in previous versions. Do they still have those? i know there are some like acrobatics and other general ones, ...

I need to know if the abilities like spot, swim, move silently, and stuff like that exist in dungeons and dragons 5th edition.
I really am confused about this. I know that there are skills like this ...

Can you re-roll a failed check in exploration? Beginner DM here btw :)
For example:-
A character tries to squeeze through a gap, either rolling a strength or Dex skill check. If they fail, can they ...

Suppose we have a creature with a base move speed of 50ft.
Suppose that creature is standing on a small platform and wishes to jump across a gap 15ft wide to another small platform.
Also suppose that ...

I'm playing a Rogue and I'd like to improve my chances of Feinting for the purposes of getting some sneak attack damage. I was reading Honeyed Words on the pfsrd, but don't have the Advanced Player's ...

I'm trying to play a Rogue who doesn't fight directly, but I still want to help out in combat. I've asked my GM if he's ok with me attempting more creative or unusual actions, and he's said yes. (Side ...

I've been having a hard time judging what to make the proper DC for Craft (Mechanic) checks in d20 Modern. The core books provide a few examples of things that are Simple all the way up to Advanced, ...

I know this basic knowledge, but I seemed to have missed this info in the player's manual.
Say someone makes an stealth check: do I add their Dexterity modifier and their proficiency bonus in Stealth ...

Imagine a rogue beginning to move silently against a foe who has not yet spotted the rogue. The rogue approaches the foe from behind successfully, and the enemy is flat-footed against the rogue. How ...

This has been argued over a lot in my group:
There was this one time when the Fighter wanted to use his Arcana score to "remember something he has seen before in a previous adventure" when he faced ...

Good evening:
I was looking over some of the classes in the Player's Handbook and found something I must not have noticed when I had first started playing: redundant skill selection for some classes, ...

I am a bit confused about skills in 5e. It seems to me that there are no more skills, and no more ranks. So for instance you no longer have acrobatics that you can add points to add you level. Am I ...

Through a series of poor decisions, my players have managed to get themselves trapped in a tomb with a full hard encounter of enemies coming down the stairs and another full medium encounter at the ...

I GM a lot of FATE 2.0, especially one-shots. A recurring problem for me is when a player takes two (or more) skills in the same area of differing specificity. The most recent example is a character ...

So, I bought the book, read it, but I have a question, and just to be sure:
The max level from an skill in rank can't be more than your level, so, a starting character can only have a skill on level ...

My party had secretly infiltrated a stronghold and we were Disguised (using magic) as the leadership of the place after eliminating the real leadership.
While rifling through the head honchos stuff ...

Consider this:
A fallen spaceship is approached by a person of very high intelligence. Think of someone really really smart, like top 50 in the world.
How long would take for such a person to grasp ...

I would like to make Intimidate a major part of my PC's fighting style. I think it's cool, and themey; I don't like the fact that it takes a Standard action, though. Is there any way to speed it up a ...

If players sneak around enemy NPCs the NPCs make a listen check. But what about when an enemy NPC is sneaking up on players? Do you tell all the players to make a Listen check? And if yes, how do you ...

Backstory
During a session recently played, an NPC asked my character a question. I answered the question. The DM, after hearing a die roll, told me to roll a bluff check. I told him I wasn't lying.
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Can PCs learn skills, tool proficiencies, or spells from other players' characters in the game? In our game the rogue and ranger spend a lot of time scouting and working together. The rogue wanted to ...

Introduction
A friend and I have recently decided to give Star Wars Saga Edition a go and before we introduce it to our entire group, we want to run a few short 1-on-1 adventures to get the hang of ...